Quotations from Brainy Smurf 231

"Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of change, windows on the world, "Lighthouses" as the poet said "erected in the sea of time." They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity in print." --Arthur Schopenhauer, philosopher (1788-1860)

Quotations from Brainy Smurf 223

Books to the ceiling
Books to the sky
My pile of books is a mile high
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them.

--Arnold Lobel

Quotations from Brainy Smurf 193

Ford Prefect: So, the hours are good, are they?

Vogon Guard: Yeah. Though now that you come to mention it, most of the actual minutes are pretty lousy.

--The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams